Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam Let's join AdventureGreen on our bird quests to learn about the different birds and bird species in Vietnam. Here you can find out more about the birding spots that these bird species are found.

Pernis is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae, subfamily Perninae whose members are commonly known as honey buzzards. 

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek pernes, a term used by Aristotle for a bird of prey.

1/ Crested honey buzzard (Diều ăn ong, Pernis ptilorhynchus), also known as the Oriental, Asiatic, or Eastern honey buzzard. 

Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

1/ Grey-faced buzzard (Diều Ấn độ, Butastur indicus)
2/ Rufous-winged buzzard (Diều xám, Butastur liventer)

Ictinaetus is a genus in the family Accipitridae. The genus has only one member the black eagle.

accipiter: From Latin accipiter (“hawk”).
Ictinaetus: From Ancient Greek ἰκτῖνος (iktînos, “kite”) + ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”).

1/ Black eagle (Đại bàng Ma Lai, Ictinaetus malaiensis)

Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".

1/ Greater spotted eagle (Đại bàng đen, Clanga clanga), also called the spotted eagle
Once thought to be a member of the genus Aquila, but was reclassified to a distinct genus, Clanga, along with the two other species of spotted eagle.

Aegypius is a genus of Old World vultures found in the subfamily Gypinae. Of the three species in the genus, only the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is extant.

1/ Cinereous vulture (Đại bàng đầu trọc, Aegypius monachus)

Aquila is the genus of true eagles. The genus name is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".

1/ Eastern imperial eagle (Đại bàng đầu nâu, Aquila heliaca)
2/ Steppe eagle (Đại bàng hung, Aquila nipalensis) 
3/ Tawny eagle (Đại bàng nâu, Aquila rapax) 
4/ Bonelli's eagle (Đại bàng má trắng, Aquila fasciata)

Lophotriorchis is a genus of four species of eagles in the family Accipitridae.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Lophotriorchis (synonym Hieraaetus) Greek lophos crest; triorkhes: hawk.

1/ Rufous-bellied eagle or rufous-bellied hawk-eagle (Đại bàng bụng hung, Lophotriorchis kienerii)

Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.

1/ Pallas's fish eagle (Đại bàng biển đuôi trắng, Haliaeetus leucoryphus), also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle

Icthyophaga or Ichthyophaga is a genus of six species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Haliaeetus. Some taxonomic authorities place this genus within Haliaeetus.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").

1/ White-bellied sea eagle (Đại bàng biển bụng trắng, Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle
Also Haliaeetus leucogaster.
2/ Grey-headed fish eagle (Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
3/ Lesser fish eagle (Diều cá bé, Icthyophaga humilis)

The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. 

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).

The Accipitriformes are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.
A DNA study published in 2008 indicated that falcons are not closely related to the Accipitriformes, being instead more closely related to parrots and passerines.
Formerly included with the falcons in the Falconiformes.

Accipitriformes from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".

The order includes the following families: 

- Accipitridae (eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old World vultures)
- Pandionidae (ospreys) (1 or 2 species)
- Sagittariidae (secretarybird)
- Possibly includes the extinct Teratornithidae as well.

White-rumped falcon 
(Cắt nhỏ họng trắng, Neohierax insignis, formerly Polihierax insignis), also known as white-rumped pygmy falcon, white-rumped falconet, Fielden's falconet,or Burmese pigmy falcon

The white-rumped falcon (Neohierax insignis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae native to Indochina. 
The bird is placed in its own monotypic genus, Neohierax.


Phylogenetic analyses of morphological characteristics found the white-rumped falcon to be basal to the Falco clade, but separate from the clade containing the pygmy falcon (or African pigmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus) and Microhierax (falconets or pigmy falcons).

Research in molecular genetics has also found that the white-rumped falcon is more closely related to the Falco falcons than it is to the pygmy falcon.
Female have a yellow or chestnut head, the male have white cap or grey head.

Traits:
- Yellow-eyeringed, orange-eyeringed;
- Yellow-lored, orange-lored;

Neo: From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
hierax: Greek for hawk.
Latin insignis: notable.

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